How to Install LiveKit on Pop!_OS Latest?

LiveKit is a powerful open-source toolkit for building and scaling real-time audio and video applications, and it comes with a lot of exciting features. Pop!_OS, on the other hand, is a popular Linux distribution that is known for its simplicity, speed, and clarity. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the installation process of LiveKit on Pop!_OS Latest.

Prerequisites

To install LiveKit on Pop!_OS Latest, you need to have the following prerequisites:

• A running instance of Pop!_OS Latest
• An active user account with sudo privileges
• A stable internet connection

Step 1: Install Dependencies

Before installing LiveKit, you need to install some dependencies required for its successful installation. Open your terminal application and run the following command to install the dependencies:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y gcc g++ make git pkg-config libssl-dev libopus-dev libsodium-dev libvpx-dev 

This command will update your system's package list and install the required dependencies for LiveKit.

Step 2: Install Golang

LiveKit is written in Golang, so you need to install the Go programming language. To install Golang, run the following set of commands:

cd /tmp/
wget https://golang.org/dl/go1.17.linux-amd64.tar.gz
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.17.linux-amd64.tar.gz

Once you have installed Golang, you need to set up the Golang environment variables. Add the following lines to your shell startup script:

export GOPATH=$HOME/go
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$GOPATH/bin

Now, run the following command to reload the shell environment variables:

source ~/.bashrc

Step 3: Clone LiveKit

Run the following command to get the LiveKit source code:

cd ~/
git clone https://github.com/livekit/livekit-server

This command will clone the LiveKit repository to your home directory.

Step 4: Build and Install LiveKit

To build the LiveKit server, navigate to the livekit-server directory and run the following commands:

cd ~/livekit-server
make install

This command will build and install the LiveKit server on your system.

Step 5: Start the LiveKit Server

You can start the LiveKit server by running the following command:

livekit-server --config /path/to/config.yaml

This command will start the LiveKit server using the configuration file specified in the "--config" argument. If you do not specify a configuration file, the server will use the default configuration.

Conclusion

That's it! You have successfully installed the LiveKit server on Pop!_OS Latest. You can now start building and scaling real-time audio and video applications using LiveKit's powerful toolkit.